Good stuff, from all over the map. Hardly a hint of politics, and some stuff on the Jetsons.
He's right--you don't see this kind of thing in cartoons any more.
Heck, when I was a kid, Fred Flintstone was SELLING cigarettes.
You can still see the ad online. Geez, what a couple of troglodytes. ;)
Oddly, despite having cartoon character commercials hammered into my brain, I still never took up smoking. Nowadays, Joe Camel is legislated off the map because his hypnotic power over children will DESTROY US ALL! Maybe kids used to be tougher. Or smarter. Or maybe grownups have changed.
Lileks' Thanksgiving post, and cartoons as bad influences.